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Zarah Sultana vs Laurence Turner

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

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Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South
vs
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Laurence Turner
Lab Birmingham Northfield

Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Laurence Turner voted the same way 73% of the time, based on 358 shared comparable votes.

263 same votes 95 different votes 358 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
38 Aye 28 No
Tax 94% aligned 66 shared votes
36 Aye 30 No
6 Aye 7 No
Energy 92% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 6 No
Housing 88% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 13 No
Defence 82% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 33% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 0 No
Trade 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 44% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 10 No
Benefits 52% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 63% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

74.7%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 649
Participation
87.6%
15% above average
Rank 53 of 649
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
517
590 eligible divisions
639
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
256
49.5% of votes cast
599
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
261
50.5% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.5% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

18
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 649
Appearances
77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 649
20
-123.5 vs Commons average
Rank 604 of 649
Contributions
134
-9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£166,730
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30% above average
Latest expenses
£166,730
26% below average
13
6 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Work / Employment
62 of 67 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Housing
46 of 54 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
44 of 53 votes
#4
Transport
28 of 29 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5
Education
48 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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